bin Laden
Bin Laden refers to Osama bin Laden (1957–2011), the Saudi-born founder of al-Qaeda who orchestrated the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.
The name has become shorthand for Islamic extremist terrorism and the post-9/11 era of American foreign policy: the hunt for bin Laden, the bin Laden raid.
U.S.
Navy SEALs killed him in Pakistan in 2011.
- terroristViolent political intimidator
- Al-QaedaIslamist militant organization
- SeptemberYear's ninth month
- twin towersDuplicate tall buildings
- TalibanAfghan Islamist movement
Osama · most wanted · Afghanistan · hijackers · caves · compound · raid · SEALs · Pakistan · Abbottabad · jihad · fatwa · video message · mastermind · fugitive · manhunt · intelligence · CIA
- PakistanIslamabad, Karachi, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan
bin LadenMahatma Gandhi
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bin LadenGeorge W. Bush
American patriot · NATO · freedom fighter · Winston Churchill · Barack Obama
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Abraham Lincoln · American patriot · Navy SEALs · SEAL Team Six · protector